马太福音 22
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
婚宴的比喻
22 耶稣又用比喻对他们说： 2 “天国好比一个君王，为自己的儿子预备婚宴。 3 他派了奴仆们去叫那些被邀请的人前来赴宴，可是他们不肯来。 4 王又派了别的奴仆，说：‘你们去对那些被邀请的人说，看哪，我的午餐我已经预备好了，公牛和肥畜已经宰杀了，一切都预备好了，请你们来赴婚宴。’
5 “但那些人不理，就走开了，有的到自己的田里去，有的做自己的生意去。 6 其余的竟抓住王的奴仆们，凌辱他们，并且把他们杀了。 7 王[a]就发怒，派军兵除灭那些凶手，烧毁了他们的城。
8 “然后对奴仆们说：‘婚宴预备好了，但那些被邀请的人不配。 9 所以你们要到大街小巷去，把所见到的人都请来赴宴。’ 10 那些奴仆就出去，到大街上，把所见到的，无论好人坏人都召集起来，婚宴上就坐满了宾客。 11 王进来会见宾客，发现有一个人没有穿婚宴的礼服， 12 就对他说：‘朋友，你进到这里来怎么没有穿婚宴的礼服呢？’那个人哑口无言。
13 “于是王吩咐仆人们：‘把他的手脚捆起来，[b]丢到外面的黑暗里去！在那里将有哀哭和切齿。’
14 “要知道，蒙召唤的人多，而蒙拣选的人少。”
神与凯撒
15 法利赛人就去商议，怎样找耶稣的话柄来陷害他。 16 他们派了自己的门徒们与希律党的人一同去见耶稣，说：“老师，我们知道你是真诚的，并且按真理教导神的道[c]。你不顾忌任何人，因为你不看人的情面。 17 请告诉我们，你认为向凯撒纳税，可以不可以呢？”
18 耶稣看出他们的恶意，就说：“你们这些伪善的人！为什么试探我呢？ 19 拿一个纳税的钱币给我看。”他们就拿来了一个银币[d]给他。 20 耶稣问他们：“这是谁的像和名号？”
21 他们回答说：“是凯撒的。”
耶稣对他们说：“那么，凯撒的归给凯撒；神的归给神。” 22 他们听了，感到惊奇，就离开耶稣走了。
撒都该人与复活
23 在那一天，撒都该人来到耶稣那里，他们一向说没有复活的事。他们问耶稣， 24 说：“老师，摩西说：如果一个人死了，没有儿女，他的一个兄弟就要娶他的妻子，为他兄弟留后裔。[e] 25 我们这里曾经有兄弟七人，第一个结了婚，死了，没有后裔，留下妻子给他的一个兄弟。 26 第二个、第三个、一直到第七个，都是如此。 27 到了最后，这妇人也死了。 28 既然他们都娶过她，那么，在复活的时候，她将是这七个人中哪一个的妻子呢？”
29 耶稣回答说：“你们错了，因为你们不明白经上的话，也不明白神的大能。 30 复活的时候，人既不娶也不嫁，而是像天上的[f]天使一样。 31 关于死人复活的事，你们难道没有读过神对你们所说的话吗？神说 32 ‘我是亚伯拉罕的神、以撒的神、雅各的神。’[g]神不是死人的神，而是活人的神。”
33 众人听了这话，对他的教导惊叹不已。
最大的诫命
34 法利赛人听说耶稣使撒都该人哑口无言，就聚集在一起。 35 他们当中有一个是律法师，[h]来试探耶稣，问他： 36 “老师，律法中最大的诫命是哪一条呢？”
37 耶稣对他说：“‘你要以全心、全灵、全意爱主——你的神’[i]， 38 这是最大的，也是最重要的诫命。 39 其次的也和它类似，‘要爱邻如己。’[j] 40 全部律法和先知书都是以这两条诫命为依据的。”
有关基督的问题
41 法利赛人聚集在一起的时候，耶稣问他们 42 说：“关于基督，你们怎么看？他是谁的后裔呢？”
他们说：“是大卫的后裔。”
43 耶稣问他们：“那么，大卫藉着圣灵，怎么还称他为‘主’呢？大卫说：
45 “因此，大卫如果称基督为‘主’，基督怎么会是大卫的后裔呢？” 46 没有人能回答他一句话。从那天起，再也没有人敢质问耶稣了。
Footnotes
- 马太福音 22:7 有古抄本附“听了”。
- 马太福音 22:13 有古抄本附“带去”。
- 马太福音 22:16 道——或译作“路”。
- 马太福音 22:19 银币——原文为“得拿利”。1得拿利=约1日工资的罗马银币。
- 马太福音 22:24 《申命记》25:5。
- 马太福音 22:30 有古抄本附“神的”。
- 马太福音 22:32 《出埃及记》3:6。
- 马太福音 22:35 有古抄本没有“是律法师，”。
- 马太福音 22:37 《申命记》6:5。
- 马太福音 22:39 《利未记》19:18。
- 马太福音 22:44 有古抄本附“做脚凳”。
- 马太福音 22:44 《诗篇》110:1。
Matthew 22
Expanded Bible
A Story About a Wedding Feast(A)
22 Jesus again used ·stories [parables] to teach them. He said, 2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding ·feast [banquet] for his son. 3 When the ·feast [banquet] was ready, the king sent his servants to ·tell [inform; call] the people who had been invited, but they refused to come.
4 “Then the king sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited that my ·feast [banquet] is ready. I have killed my best ·bulls [or oxen] and [L fattened] calves for the dinner, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding ·feast [banquet].’
5 “But the people ·refused to listen [paid no attention] to the servants and ·left to do other things [went their own way]. One went to ·work in his field [his field/farm], and another went to his business. 6 ·Some of the other people [or The rest] grabbed the servants, ·beat [mistreated; insulted] them, and killed them. 7 The king was furious and sent his army to ·kill [destroy] the murderers and burn their city [C probably an allusion to the destruction of Jerusalam in ad 70].
8 “After that, the king said to his servants, ‘The wedding ·feast [banquet] is ready. I invited those people, but they ·were not worthy [do not deserve] to come. 9 So go to the ·street corners [crossroads; or main roads] and invite everyone you find to come to my ·feast [banquet].’ 10 So the servants went into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, both good and ·bad [evil]. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11 “[L But] When the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man who was not dressed ·for a wedding [in wedding clothes]. 12 The king said, ‘Friend, how were you allowed to come in here? You are not dressed for a wedding.’ But the man ·said nothing [was speechless/silent]. 13 So the king told some servants, ‘Tie this man’s hands and feet. Throw him out into the ·darkness [darkness outside; or outermost darkness], where ·people will cry and grind their teeth with pain [L there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth; C symbols of agony and torment].’
14 “·Yes [L For], many are ·invited [called], but only a few are chosen.”
Is It Right to Pay Taxes or Not?(B)
15 Then the Pharisees left that place and ·made plans [plotted] to ·trap [catch] Jesus in ·saying something wrong [his words]. 16 They sent some of their own ·followers [disciples] and some people from the group called Herodians [C a political group that supported king Herod and his family]. They said, “Teacher, we know that you are ·an honest man [true; sincere] and that you teach ·the truth [with sincerity/honesty] about God’s way. You are not ·afraid of [L concerned about] what other people think about you, because you ·pay no attention to who they are [play no favorites; are impartial; aren’t swayed by appearances]. 17 So tell us what you think. Is it ·right [permissible; lawful] to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” [C Saying “yes” would anger Jews who hated Roman rule; saying “no” could result in being charged with insurrection.]
18 But knowing ·that these leaders were trying to trick him [their evil/malicious motives], Jesus said, “You hypocrites! Why are you ·trying to trap [testing] me? 19 Show me a coin used for paying the tax.” So the men ·showed him a coin [L brought him a denarius; C a Roman coin worth a day’s wages]. 20 Then Jesus asked, “Whose ·image [likeness; portrait] and ·name [inscription] are on the coin?”
21 The men answered, “Caesar’s.” [C Ironically, the religious leaders were carrying coins bearing the idolatrous image of Caesar.]
Then Jesus said to them, “·Give [T Render] to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and give to God the things that are God’s.”
22 When the men heard what Jesus said, they were amazed and left him and went away.
Some Sadducees Try to Trick Jesus(C)
23 That same day some Sadducees came to Jesus and asked him a question. (Sadducees believed that people would not rise from the dead.) 24 They said, “Teacher, Moses said if a married man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and ·have children [L raise up offspring/seed] for him [Deut. 25:5]. 25 Once there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died. Since he had no ·children [offspring], his brother married the widow. 26 Then the second brother also died. The same thing happened to the third brother ·and all the other brothers [L down to the seventh]. 27 Finally, the woman died. 28 Since all seven men had married her, ·when people rise from the dead [L at the resurrection], whose wife will she be?”
29 Jesus answered, “You ·don’t understand [are mistaken/deceived], because you don’t know what the Scriptures say, and you don’t know about the power of God. 30 [L For] ·When people rise from the dead [L At the resurrection], they will not marry, nor will they be given to someone to marry. They will be like the angels in heaven. 31 ·Surely you have read [L Have you not read…?] what God said to you ·about rising [concerning the resurrection] from the dead. 32 God said, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob [Ex. 3:6; C God is still the God of the patriarchs, so they must have a continued existence after death].’ God is the God of the living, not the dead.”
33 When the people heard this, they were ·amazed [astounded] at Jesus’ teaching.
The Most Important Command(D)
34 When the Pharisees learned that ·the Sadducees could not argue with Jesus’ answers to them [L Jesus had silenced the Sadducees], the Pharisees met together. 35 One Pharisee, who was an expert on the law of Moses, asked Jesus this question to ·test [trap] him: 36 “Teacher, which command in the law is the ·most important [greatest]?”
37 Jesus answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind [Deut. 6:5].’ 38 This is the first and ·most important [greatest] command. 39 And the second command is like the first: ‘Love your neighbor as you love yourself [Lev. 19:18].’ 40 All the law and the ·writings of the prophets [L prophets] ·depend [are based; L hang] on these two commands.”
Jesus Questions the Pharisees(E)
41 While the Pharisees were together, Jesus asked them, 42 “What do you think about the ·Christ [Messiah]? Whose ·son [descendant] is he?”
They answered, “The Son of David [see 2 Sam. 7:12].”
43 Then Jesus said to them, “Then why did David call him ‘Lord’? David, speaking ·by the power of the Holy Spirit [L in/by the Spirit], said,
44 ‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit by me at my right ·side [L hand; C the place of greatest honor beside the king],
until I put your enemies ·under your control [L beneath your feet; C meaning defeated or made subject to your authority; Ps. 110:1].”’
45 David calls ·the Christ [the Messiah; L him] ‘Lord,’ so how can ·the Christ [the Messiah; L he] be his son?”
46 ·None of the Pharisees [L No one] could answer ·Jesus’ question [a word], and after that day no one ·was brave enough [dared] to ask him any more questions.
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